- (a) Customer means a person, firm or corporation purchasing electric service from a municipality.
- (b) Elderly means age 62 or older.
(c) Handicapped means having any physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more of such person's life activities, where such person is:
- (1) certified as being physically disabled by a licensed physician; or
- (2) certified as being mentally disabled by a licensed psychiatrist or registered psychologist.
- (d) Utility means a municipal electric or rural electric cooperative system purchasing essentially all of its power requirements from the Power Authority of the State of New York.
- (e) Resident means any person residing in a dwelling served by the utility.
The following words and phrases as used in this Part shall have the following meanings, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context: